October 12, 201410 yr Author I'm just reading through some of the Facebook comments and I'm really surprised at the amount of positive comments about Fleur :o Obviously I'm glad though. I'm really thinking she'll be fine. The DS likes topic reassures me too, as I and someone else said on there the Aussie version's Facebook likes almost never fails to predict the bottom 2! Although what's not so reassuring is that Stephanie and Blonde Electra will be bottom 3 with Overload in that case.
October 12, 201410 yr Free voting with the app is literally a free ticket for Overload to next week (and probably the next few weeks). I don't know why people seem to be underestimating just how big their fanbase is, even before the show...
October 12, 201410 yr Free voting with the app is literally a free ticket for Overload to next week (and probably the next few weeks). I don't know why people seem to be underestimating just how big their fanbase is, even before the show... I think most people have accepted they will survive a few weeks because of it. I think Blonde electra and Steph are certain bottom 2.
October 12, 201410 yr reading all the comments back She is the most obvious popstar in this line-up you did NOT say that omg.
October 12, 201410 yr Visually I think she's definitely got "the look" out of all of the girls. That's her main selling point, but otherwise I don't see the strong appeal with her and it'll be no surprise to see her go tomorrow, or at least very early in the competition if it's not tomorrow. Not that I think she's in the worst 2 out of the 16 though. :kink:
October 12, 201410 yr Just catching up! 01. Paul Akister - Ghost Completely average for me. Didn't invoke any sort of reaction from me. I actually felt he struggled a couple of times, but when he's good he is good. I just find him dull. 05.0 --- 02. Lola Saunders - Stay With Me Lola singing a Sam Smith song right after Paul (who reminds me a lot of Sam!)? That wasn't done on purpose I bet! :P There was NO emotion in that at ALL! She obviously has a big voice, but that just fell flat for me and felt like she was shouting a lot of the time. Probably my least favourite from her so far. 06.0 --- 03. Overload Generation - I Kissed A Girl That was absolutely pants. It was all over the place and just a general mess :\ It was all too cliched and Simon was spot on about the guy in the middle! Very boring and "safe". (And these are the ones who have/had a contract!) 03.0 --- 04. Jay James - Changing Unpredictable song choice for him, but it made sense. Did he deliver? Only just. There's just something about his voice that really, REALLY grates on me. When he goes higher, he sings through his nose and it sounds awful. He slowed the tempo down a bit too much for me personally. But it was OK I guess... "I'm absolutely buzzing... I really am." Yeah, you sound like it... 06.5 --- 05. Stephanie Nala - Everything I Own I do get the whole "being disappointed when you expected something more", but for some reason, I'm expectng her to have her "moment" by about week 3 like when Cher Lloyd and Little Mix started finding their grooves. I hope anyway. Her voice is absolutely gorgeous though. 07.0 --- 06. Jack Walton - Only Girl (In the World) I am getting more and more convinced that he is just the male clone of Ellie Goulding. He is good and I think he's going to be the Luke Friend of this year and finish top 3. Not predicting a win, just yet coz he's all a bit "seen it all before" but I liked him. 07.5 --- 07. Chloe Jasmine - Toxic It's not my first choice of genre, but I absolutely LOVED what she did with that song. I do think she will go further than people think she will and I do believe out of all the contestants, she will sell the most albums. I'm expecting a Rebecca Fergusson surprise smash next year for her 08.5 --- 08. Stereo Kicks - Roar Stereo Kicks? LMAO. At least with Girls Aloud/One Direction/The Saturdays/Little Mix (still a crap name) we kinda got used to them, but I really can't see myself growing into this name, at all! As for the performance... just like the first boy group, it was just a general mess, but these have a valid excuse, "not been together as long" but they're progressing. That awful X Factor-lite production on the song was awful and ruined the performance/song somewhat for me. They have potential and the idea of an 8-piece boy band is still a good idea. 05.0 --- 09. Stevi Ritchie - Livin' La Vida Loca Good Lord. Out of breath in the first minute? ONE MINUTE STEVI! ONE MINUTE STEVI! I don't find these novelty acts "entertaining" AT ALL and it really pees me off that they take the place of someone who actually could make it! He's not even good in a novelty way... 01.0 --- 10. Lauren Platt - Happy/Teardrops Interesting choices for a mash-up. It was indeed a very smart mash-up. She was on point vocally for majority of it. Her voice just seemed to go on a little bit for me. But I really liked it, surprisingly so, too! But she is going to be Janet Devlin of this year I predict (popular for the first few weeks etc...). She sounds SO bored when speaking though! 08.0 --- 11. Blonde Electra - Kids In America For a performance that is supposed to be "entertaining" I found that boring... I like them much more as the "novelty" act, but I honestly thought that would have been better than what it was. I'm actually a little bit disappointed. 05.5 --- 12. Ben Haenow - Bridge Over Troubled Water The thing I like about Ben over the others in the competition who are similar (Jay, Andrea, Paul) is that his voice sounds like it's like that naturally! I actually quite like him, BOTW is a nice song, but I've always found it pretty boring. His voice is good though. 08.0 --- 13. Jake Quickenden - She's The One Much like Ben's choice, the song is "nice" but so BORING. Robbie has far, FAR better number 1's in his repertoire! Another performance that is just full of FAUX emotion and it makes him just sound whiny, plain and in pain. So, so MEH! 04.5 --- 14. Fleur East - All About The Bass It was very good. Probably my favourite of the night so far, but she still feels like she is capable of so much more. It's nice to FINALLY have an over to actually route for and get behind who is actually MARKETABLE. She's having a Little Mix sort of rise in the competition I reckon. 08.5 --- 15. Only The Young - Jailhouse Rock/Twist & Shout THAT IS IT. That was amazing and they are now comfortably my favourites this year. They smashed it, but also showed that they still have bags of potential! Definitely my favourite of the night! They better get far :( 09.0 --- 16. Andrea Faustini - Earth Song Before it starts, this song is awful. I've always, ALWAYS hated it (sorry, not sorry) coupled with one of my least favourites in the competition, I'm not expecting much, but we shall see! As predicted, it's just shouty and his voice really gets on my nerves and sounds so false. :( I didn't even understand a word of that last 30 seconds or so due to it just sounding like shouting and just noise. Really hope he doesn't win :( It's a shame coz he's really likeable. 04.0 === Mel is absolutely AMAZING. So CUTTING and STRAIGHT TO THE POINT. It's BRILLIANT. Ok-ish first live show. Better than the last couple of years, for sure. In terms of predicting a winner, it's difficult this year, it's quite a consistently strong year overall and as much as people seem to LOVE Andrea, I really don't think he's going to win for some reason. Final is certain I would have thought though. I'm predicting: Lola is eliminated first with Stephanie & Overload Generation in the bottom 2 and Stephanie going :(
October 12, 201410 yr Steph really had the wrong song choice. I don't think it will be a double elimination as we would have been told but if Steph is in the bottom 2 with Blonde Electra I can see Steph surviving and I can see Steph surviving if she's in the bottom two against Stevi.
October 12, 201410 yr Steph really had the wrong song choice. I don't think it will be a double elimination as we would have been told but if Steph is in the bottom 2 with Blonde Electra I can see Steph surviving and I can see Steph surviving if she's in the bottom two against Stevi.We HAVE been told it's a double elimination... :lol: EDIT: Oh and my 5 votes have gone to... 2 x Only The Young 2 x Stephanie Nala (She needs to stay in this competition, I really think she's gonna grow into bigger and better things!) 1 x Fleur East
October 12, 201410 yr Blonde Electra and Stephanie to leave now please! <_< Lola could leave too, she's totally irrelevant imo. My favourites of the night were Andrea, Chloe, Only The Young, Fleur, Jack Walton and Stevi. :dance:
October 12, 201410 yr My app votes went to: 2 x Fleur East 2 x Lauren Platt 1 x Only The Young My two favourites of the night + an act who I really feel have a lot more to give, given the right song/performance.
October 12, 201410 yr Does anyone can PM me a link to the mp3 performances? It's not that I don't want to buy them but as you know I don't live in the UK and they are UK restricted. :(
October 12, 201410 yr Wait so there's already a double elimination? Jake and Stereo Kicks to leave please. They were both a mess, altho the public will probably keep them over someone better :( Gonna start watching it live from next week on Edited October 12, 201410 yr by *Tim
October 12, 201410 yr Author Wait so there's already a double elimination? Jake and Stereo Kicks to leave please. They were both a mess, altho the public will probably keep them over someone better :( Gonna start watching it live from next week on There will likely be a few, 2010 had 16 finalists as well and they ended up having 3 double eliminations (weeks 1, 2 and 8) and then four people in the final. 2011 had 16 finalists too, but the judges had to eliminate one of their own acts at the end, cutting themselves down from 4 to 3, but that isn't happening this time :P
October 12, 201410 yr Author Are 2 of the boys from different bands from Warmley? Actually it turns out you're right! I was looking at wiki and Ollie Garland from Overload is from around here too. My friend's sister is obsessed with him, I recognise his name but I didn't recognise him on sight. I think Jake Sims is more "known" around and about, but Ollie Garland apparently used to like meet and greets when he was starting out as if he was really famous :lol: I remember my friend telling me her sister paid to meet him, then the next day we walked past him in McDonalds and her sister was jealous because we got to see for him for free :lol:
October 12, 201410 yr I do like Fleur and she's quite marketable/has the look/nice voice etc. but is it JUST me who thinks she has such a weak voice, she seems like she's struggling to hit some of the notes quite often, I don't know, maybe it's just me.. I do like her though so I'm glad she's liked.
October 12, 201410 yr She hit them just fine when she did Bang Bang, All About That Bass was a bad song choice for her but she did her best with it imo.
October 12, 201410 yr Author Why are they allowing the songs to chart in the singles chart this year. I don't know if they're actually eligible tbf, and if they are I doubt more than one or two will chart top 40 each week (if any) because of the fact the show is on at the weekend. By the time the next chart comes around, they will have fallen and I imagine Saturday's performances will very rarely sell enough to even make a dent on the next day's chart. I know I keep using this example but there are a few examples of songs from the Aussie version going top 10/20 or least being the highest song of the bunch on itunes (Taylor Henderson from 2013 for example even charted at #2 officially, although I think many of the sales were a boost from the extra exposure of being bottom 2) before the contestant ends up bottom 2. It happened just last week as well in this year's series! I think when they are 16 it might roughly give away the votes but once we get down to maybe 8 or so I think the itunes data will be less of an indication. Then again we have free votes on the app now, so people might buy the song am then use their free votes. If we only had paid votes, I think maybe some people might think "oh I've spent 99p on them already I'm not spending 35p more to vote" but who knows?
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